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wall hanging Daisy

Object number

KM033.1

Artist/Designer/Maker

William Morris - designer
Jane Morris - embroideress
William Morris - embroiderer

Production date

circa 1860

Production place

England

Material

wool thread
serge

Technique

couched and laid stitching
embroidered

Dimensions

drop: 170cm
width: 136cm

Location

Kelmscott Manor - (on display)

Associated place

Red House

Object history note

Worked by William and Jane Morris for their bedroom at Red House. The design was the basis for painted tiles sold by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co and for Morris's 'Daisy' wallpaper circa 1864.

References

Reference (controlled)

The Artist's Residence as a Total Work of Art, Europe and America 1800-1946 (2013). [Exhibition]. Museum Villa Stuck, Munich. 21 November 2013 - 2 March 2014.

Reference (controlled)

Love is Enough (2014). [Exhibition]. Modern Art Oxford. 29 November 2014 – 28 February 2015.

Reference (controlled)

The Arts & Crafts House: Then and Now (2015). [Exhibition]. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. 10 October 2015 – 31 January 2016.
    Wall hanging 'Daisy', designed by William Morris c. 1860. The design was based on a motif visible in an illumination in a 15th century manuscript by Froissart, 'The Dance of the Wodehouses'. One of a set of hangings designed for the master bedroom at Red House. Coloured wools on dark blue woollen serge ground.